Integration Test Verification and Acceptance Engineer

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Job Role: Integration Test Verification and Acceptance Engineer 

Location: High Wycombe

Hourly Rate: £55-65 per hour inside IR35 

Contract Length: 6 months 

 A manufacturing business are seeking an Integration Test Verification and Acceptance Engineer to develop and execute test procedures for software based avionics equipment.

Their engineers are responsible for the delivery of tasks to support the design, development and verification of products. They will have opportunities to engage with our customers, supporting meetings, systems integration and product verification/validation trials. They will work under close guidance from project leads and subject matter experts, but are responsible to deliver their allocated tasks to meet project milestones.

 The key responsibilities of the Integration Test Verification and Acceptance Engineer will be:

Supporting Integration, Test, Verification, and Acceptance activities into the assigned programme.
Assess and plan verification activities to demonstrate requirements have been satisfied
Provide support to assist with progressive acceptance against internal and requirements
Help write and/or review documents (Test Strategy, Test Plans, Test Specs etc.) and contractual deliverables
Plan, execute, and report, integration laboratory and 'live' trials activities to the satisfaction of the defined requirements and in accordance with the programme schedule
Review the outputs from LRU level activities to support System Level Verification and Acceptance
Support Network Accreditation and Qualification of the System
Be responsible for assigned verification activities and the closure of any associated failures
Populate Requirement and Test Management database to capture Verification evidence and Acceptance Cases in a pre-defined structure
Report progress and blockers  along with other internal stakeholders and occasionally external stakeholders
Support and/or lead internal meetings, including preparation of documentation and review/presentation material
Identify potential problems / issues and work to resolve, escalating as appropriateThe background required for this Integration Test Verification and Acceptance Engineer role is:

Experience in supporting Integration, Test, Verification, and Acceptance activity in complex airborne, aerospace or defence projects
Experience of relating Integration and Verification evidence to delivery and Acceptance of a system against hierarchical requirements
Experience of requirements capture, traceability and verification
Good understanding of complex system integration, validation, verification, qualification, acceptance in complex programmes and trialsIf you would be interested in this role please click "apply" or contact Lucy at Orion Reading today - thank you. 

Due to the volume of applications we receive, unfortunately we are not able to respond to every application personally, therefore, if you have not heard back from us within 5 working days please assume your application has been unsuccessful. To see our other available vacancies please visit our website.

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